1. In Hegel's notion the highest possible achievement of Mind as expressed in social life was in

The Contemporary Prussian State

Rome

Athens

Contemporary Great Britain

2. Machiavelli advised the Prince to pursue

Moderate behaviour

Extreme generosity

Perfect strictness

Great kindness

3. Which is not a part of Rawls' well ordered society

Stable

Efficient

Just

Equal

4. Who among the following wrote,"Laws are the rules of just and unjust; nothing being reputed unjust that is not contrary to some law"

Bentham

Hegel

Hobbes

Rousseau

5. Arrange the following works of Rousseau chronologically, using the codes given below

a. The Social Contract
b. A Discourse on the Arts and Sciences
c. Emile
d. A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

Codes

a

b

d

a

6. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List I List II

a. On Liberty 1. Amartya Sen
b. Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation 2. T.H. Green
c. Idea of Justice 3. Robert Nozick
d. Anarchy, State and Utopia 4. J.S. Mill

Codes

a b c d


3 1 2 4

1 3 2 4

2 4 3 1

4 2 1 3

7. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List I List II

a. Justice as one person, one duty, one class one work 1. Plato
b. Justice as fairness 2. Aristotle
c. Justice as proportionate equality 3. Rawls
d. Justice as the interest of the strong 4. Thrasymachas

Codes

a b c d

1 2 3 4

2 1 3 4

2 1 4 3

1 3 2 4

8. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List I List II

a. Perpetual peace 1. Plato
b. Golden Mean 2. Kant
c. Analogy of the cave 3. Aristotle
d. Fortune as a woman 4. Machiavelli

Codes

a b c d


1 2 3 4

2 3 1 4

2 1 4 3

4 3 2 1

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason Select the correct answer from the codes given below

9. Assertion Marx was a revolutionary.

Reason Marx was not concerned about the processes of history.

Codes
Both and are true and the correct explanation of

Both and are true, but(R) is not the correct explanation of

is true, but is false.

is false, but is true.

10. Assertion Aristotle is justifiably called the Father of Political Science.

Reason His criticism of Plato's idealism justifies this claim.
Codes

Both and are true, and(R) is the correct explanation of(A).

Both and are true, but(R) is not the correct explanation of

is true, but is false.

is false, but is true.

11. The operational part of the general systems theory in social sciences has been developed first in


Psychology

Sociology

Political Science

Anthropology

12. Who said, "Functionalism can indeed be interpreted as a conscious alternative to Marxism"

W.G. Runciman

Robert K. Merton

Oran Young

David Easton

13. Who among the following stated that a developing society in order to reach the goals of development would have to pass through the stages of political unification, industrialization, national welfare and abundance

Rustow

Organski

Lucian Pye

David Apter
14. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched

Lucian Pye Modernisation Theory

Wallerstein World System Theory

Theda Skocpol New Institutionalism

Karl Deutsch Communications Theory
15. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched

Pareto The concept of residues

Michels The concept of mass mind

Mills The concept of political formula

Gasset The theory of the masses
16. The concept of civic culture developed out of a survey of

Mexico, India, Pakistan, U.S.A.and U.K.

U.S.A., U.K., Mexico, Germany and Italy.

U.S.A., U.K., Australia, Pakistan and India.

Australia, Canada, U.S.A., U.K.and France.
17. Unequal exchange is the formulation of

Samir Amin

Amartya Sen

Paul Sweezy

Andre Gunder Frank
18. Duverger's classification of the party system is derived from the experience of political parties in

Western Europe

All the democracies of the world

Party system in the developing world

Political party system in the communist world
19. Which of the following statements are correct about the President of America

1. He is the head of the State and also the head of the Government.
2. All executive powers are vested in him.
3. He is bound by the advice of his Cabinet.
4. He has the power to dissolve the legislature.

Codes

1 and 3 are correct.

3 and 4 are correct.

3 and 4 are correct.

1 and 2 are correct.
20. Which one of the following is not a feature of F.M. Marx's guardian bureaucracy

Custodian of Public interest

Competent

Authoritarian

Corrupt
21. Which of the following Committee was appointed by the Government of India to Identify the creamy layer among Backward Classes in India

Justice R.N. Mishra Committee

Justice R.N. Madholkar Committee

Justice Ram Nandan Committee

Justice Rajender Sachar Committee
22. Who described Indian Politics as "Politics of Scarcity"

Myron Weiner

Paul R. Brass

Atul Kohli

Morris-Jones
23. Which Congress President during British Raj initiated the idea of a Planning Commission

Jawaharlal Nehru

Mahatma Gandhi

Maulana Azad

Subhas Chandra Bose
24. Which of the following statements are correct about Indian Government

Rajya Sabha represents the localinterests of the States.
A member of Rajya Sabha must be a resident of the State from which he is elected.
Number of seats allotted to a State has to be proportionate to its population.
The term of a member of Rajya Sabha is same as that of Senator in the US.

Codes

and

and

and

and
25. Who of the following was the first Satyagrahi of the Individual Civil Disobedience Movement started by Gandhiji in October 1940

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

J.B. Kripalani

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Acharya Vinoba Bhave
26. Who prefers to characterize the Indian federalism as "bargaining federalism"

A.K. Chanda

Morris Jones

K.C.Wheare

D.D. Basu
27. Who was the Chairman of Mandal Commission

B.N. Mandal

B.P. Mandal

D.L. Mandal

R.N. Mandal
28. When was the Inter-State Council set up in India

1987

1989

1990

1992
29. When were the Lok Sabha rules amended to provide for Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committees

1988

1989

1991

1995
30. Which one of the following Acts/Reports created the Federal Court in India

Government of India Act, 1909.

Government of India Act, 1919.

Montague-Chelmsford Report

Government of India Act, 1935
31. The Book 'Introduction to Public Administration' was authored by

W.F. Willoughby

Woodrow Wilson

M.P. Follet

Leonard D. White
32. The concept of 'Informal Organisation' was profounded by

F.W. Taylor

Herbert Simon

Elton Mayo

F.M. Marx
33. is the sub-system of Riggs' Prismatic society

Social system

Administrative system

Economic system

Political system
34. 'Jacksonian Theory' is also called

Merit system

Outsource theory

Spoils system

Contract system
35. Which of the four major issues of Public Administration were debated in the Minnowbrooke Conference, 1968

Relevance, values, equity and change.

History, qualities, values and development.

Text, context, relevance and status.

Norms, values, context and progress.
36. Who said, 'Successful Management involves Management by Objectives"

F.W. Taylor

Peter F. Drucker

Kothari Committee

Edwin B. Flippo
37. In which book of the following, Robert Dahl explained the Theory of Decision Making

Democracy, Liberty and Equality

Democracy at Cross Roads

Who Governs

Modern Political Analysis

38. Which Committee recommended "Unified Grading Structure" for the British Civil Service

Masterman

Fulton

Asheton

McGraw
39. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason Find the correct answer using the codes given below

Assertion Adequate measures must be taken by the Government to ensure the stoppage of the
practice of corruption.

Reason Corruption leads to decline of democratic process.

Codes

Both and are true, but(R) is not correct explanation of(A).

is true, but is false.

Both and are true and correct explanation of

is false, but is true.
40. Match the following :The Office of Ombudsman was set up in these countries in the following years

(Countries) (Years)
a. Sweden 1. 1967
b. Finland 2. 1809
c. New Zealand 3. 1978
d. United Kingdom 4. 1919
5. 1962

Select the correct answer

Codes

a b c d

2 4 5 1

1 5 3 4

3 2 1 5

4 3 5 1

41. In the post Soviet era Russia's outlook at global level is marked by

Rigid Ideological positions

Enhanced role for Soviet era legacies.

Pragmatic de-ideologised worldview.

Rigidities of cold war era.
42. Who of the following has coined the term under-development

Antonio Gramsci

Rosa Luxemburg

Emmanual Wallerstein

Kenneth Waltz
43. The policy of containment formulated by the U.S. aimed at

Checking globally the influence of the Soviet Union.

Checking the nuclear proliferation of Iran.

Containing defiant North Korea.

Countering the expansionist policies of People's Republic of China.
44. The Kyoto Protocol of 1997 adopted the programme for

ending global poverty

the democratisation of U.N. system

broadening the participation within I.M.F. and World Bank.

reducing greenhouse emissions.
45. Match List I with List II and select correct answer from the codes given below

List I List II

a. Morton Kaplan 1. Perestroika and Glasnost
b. Andre Gunder Frank2. Theory of Realism
c. Hans J. Morgenthau 3. Systems Theory
d. Mikhail Gorbachev4. Dependency Theory

Codes

a b c d


3 4 2 1

4 2 3 1

2 4 1 3

2 1 3 4
46. The principle of reciprocity within WTO framework envisages

lowering of trade barriers by a State to be matched in return.

creation of trade barriers on uniform basis.

protection of intellectual property rights.

enhanced role for State controls on trade.
47. What is the correct chronological order of the events listed below
i. U.S. Policy of Containment of the Soviet Union.
ii. Dissolution of the former Soviet Union.
iii. Iran-Iraq War.
iv. US War on terrorism in Afghanistan.

Choose the right answer from the codes given below

Codes


iv, ii, iii, i

ii, iv, iii

iii, ii, iv, i

iii, ii, iv
48. The dictum, 'Imperialism is the highest stage of Capitalism' was propounded by

Karl Marx

V.I. Lenin

Andre Gunder Frank

Emmanual Wallerstein
49. Hans Blix was head of U.N. body for

Peace-keeping operations in Somalia.

Inspecting places in Iraq for verification of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Working modalities for the creation of NIEO.

Rebuilding war-torn Afghanistan
50. Nagorno Karabakh is a disputed territory between

Armenia and Azerbaizan

Georgia and Ukraine

Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan

Russian Federation and China